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Such card exhibited to the person in charge of any tollgate on any road, highway, bridge, or ferry in the Commonwealth shall be accepted in lieu of all charges for the passage through such tollgate of any such student, person, or the vehicle carrying him when using the road, highway, bridge, or ferry daily for going to or from immediate attendance at any such school, institution of higher education, or other educational institution or classes at any such school or institution.\n\t\tAny person using any such card, except for the purpose herein specified, shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":256058,"text":"It shall be unlawful to collect any toll for the use of any road, highway, bridge, or ferry in the Commonwealth, except those financed under the Transportation Development and Revenue Bond Act (\u00a7 33.2-1700 et seq.) or other act authorizing the construction by the State or a political subdivision thereof of projects financed by the issuance of bonds payable solely from tolls and other revenues of the project, (i) by any student or other person using the road, highway, bridge, or ferry daily for going to or from immediate attendance upon any school, institution of higher education, or other educational institution in the Commonwealth, or classes in water safety training conducted under the auspices of the American Red Cross, or (ii) by the vehicle carrying the student or other person.\n\t\tAny such student or other person or the parent or guardian of any such student may apply for and receive from the principal of any school, institution of higher education, or other educational institution in the Commonwealth a card certifying that the student or other person uses such road, highway, bridge, or ferry daily for regularly attending such school, institution of higher education, or educational institution or classes at any such school or institution. Such card exhibited to the person in charge of any tollgate on any road, highway, bridge, or ferry in the Commonwealth shall be accepted in lieu of all charges for the passage through such tollgate of any such student, person, or the vehicle carrying him when using the road, highway, bridge, or ferry daily for going to or from immediate attendance at any such school, institution of higher education, or other educational institution or classes at any such school or institution.\n\t\tAny person using any such card, except for the purpose herein specified, shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":15980,"edition_id":1,"name":"General Provisions","identifier":"1","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13435,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 04:03:09","date_modified":"2026-06-26 04:03:09","permalink":{"id":181265,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":15980,"identifier":"1","token":"22.1\/12\/1","url":"\/22.1\/12\/1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13435,"edition_id":1,"name":"Pupil Transportation","identifier":"12","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12823,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:53","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:53","permalink":{"id":181263,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13435,"identifier":"12","token":"22.1\/12","url":"\/22.1\/12\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12823,"edition_id":1,"name":"Education","identifier":"22.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:55","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:55","permalink":{"id":180949,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12823,"identifier":"22.1","token":"22.1","url":"\/22.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":77128,"structure_id":15980,"section_number":"22.1-176","catch_line":"Transportation of pupils authorized; 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1956, chapter 237; in 1958, chapter 465; in 1980, chapter 559.<\/p>","references":[{"id":82578,"section_number":"33.2-505","catch_line":"Exclusion of HOT lanes from certain other laws","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-505\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":63551,"section_number":"33.2-1700","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-1700\/"}],"permalink":{"id":181319,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71018,"identifier":"22.1-187","token":"22.1\/12\/1\/22.1-187","url":"\/22.1-187\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-187\/","token":"22.1\/12\/1\/22.1-187","dublin_core":{"Title":"Exemption from payment of tolls by certain students, etc","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-187","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

It shall be unlawful to collect any toll for the use of any road, highway, bridge, or ferry in the Commonwealth, except those financed under the Transportation Development and Revenue Bond<\/span> Act (\u00a7 33.2-1700<\/a> et seq.) or other act authorizing the construction by the State or a political subdivision thereof of projects financed by the issuance of bonds<\/span> payable solely from tolls and other revenues of the project, (i) by any student or other person using the road, highway, bridge, or ferry daily for going to or from immediate attendance upon any school, institution of higher education, or other educational institution in the Commonwealth, or classes in water safety training conducted under the auspices of the American Red Cross, or (ii) by the vehicle carrying the student or other person.\n\t\tAny such student or other person or the parent<\/span> or guardian of any such student may apply for and receive from the principal of any school, institution of higher education, or other educational institution in the Commonwealth a card certifying that the student or other person uses such road, highway, bridge, or ferry daily for regularly attending such school, institution of higher education, or educational institution or classes at any such school or institution. Such card exhibited to the person in charge of any tollgate on any road, highway, bridge, or ferry in the Commonwealth shall be accepted in lieu of all charges for the passage through such tollgate of any such student, person, or the vehicle carrying him when using the road, highway, bridge, or ferry daily for going to or from immediate attendance at any such school, institution of higher education, or other educational institution or classes at any such school or institution.\n\t\tAny person using any such card, except for the purpose herein specified, shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXEMPTION FROM PAYMENT OF TOLLS BY CERTAIN STUDENTS, ETC (\u00a7 22.1-187)\n\nIt shall be unlawful to collect any toll for the use of any road, highway,\nbridge, or ferry in the Commonwealth, except those financed under the\nTransportation Development and Revenue Bond Act (\u00a7 33.2-1700 et seq.) or other\nact authorizing the construction by the State or a political subdivision thereof\nof projects financed by the issuance of bonds payable solely from tolls and\nother revenues of the project, (i) by any student or other person using the\nroad, highway, bridge, or ferry daily for going to or from immediate attendance\nupon any school, institution of higher education, or other educational\ninstitution in the Commonwealth, or classes in water safety training conducted\nunder the auspices of the American Red Cross, or (ii) by the vehicle carrying\nthe student or other person.\n\t\tAny such student or other person or the parent or guardian of any such student\nmay apply for and receive from the principal of any school, institution of\nhigher education, or other educational institution in the Commonwealth a card\ncertifying that the student or other person uses such road, highway, bridge, or\nferry daily for regularly attending such school, institution of higher\neducation, or educational institution or classes at any such school or\ninstitution. Such card exhibited to the person in charge of any tollgate on any\nroad, highway, bridge, or ferry in the Commonwealth shall be accepted in lieu of\nall charges for the passage through such tollgate of any such student, person,\nor the vehicle carrying him when using the road, highway, bridge, or ferry daily\nfor going to or from immediate attendance at any such school, institution of\nhigher education, or other educational institution or classes at any such school\nor institution.\n\t\tAny person using any such card, except for the purpose herein specified, shall\nbe guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 22-277; 1956, c. 237; 1958, c. 465; 1980, c. 559.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}